7 December 1941 – Remember Always

Never forget that there was no Declaration of War until after the attack. Image from here includes this description:

Photograph taken from a Japanese plane during the torpedo attack on ships moored on both sides of Ford Island. View looks about east, with the supply depot, submarine base and fuel tank farm in the right center distance.
A torpedo has just hit USS West Virginia on the far side of Ford Island (center). Other battleships moored nearby are (from left): Nevada, Arizona, Tennessee (inboard of West Virginia), Oklahoma (torpedoed and listing) alongside Maryland, and California.
On the near side of Ford Island, to the left, are light cruisers Detroit and Raleigh, target and training ship Utah and seaplane tender Tangier. Raleigh and Utah have been torpedoed, and Utah is listing sharply to port.
Japanese planes are visible in the right center (over Ford Island) and over the Navy Yard at right.

Hawaii Time 7:53AM 7 December 1941

Day of Infamy – 7 December 1941

REMEMBER ALWAYS

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December 7th

7 December 1941.  Remember Always.

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Although Japan is no longer our enemy, there are others willing to do it again.  Is our government’s new administration willing to accept this probability, or are they going to ignore the odds and wait until history repeats itself?

Remember Always: 7 December 1941

[The regular Friday .gif posting will resume next week. –Bunk]

[UPDATE 080704- I’d love to know why that excellent video was yanked from YouTube. I replaced it with this one.]